
AI-generated summary
The conflict between Russia and Ukraine has been ongoing since February 2022, with fighting in various regions, including the Kharkiv region.
Before the assault on the village of Annopolye in the Kharkov region, the Russian military destroyed drones of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) and attacked the positions of Ukrainian units. The Russian Ministry of Defense spoke about this, RIA Novosti reports.
According to the department, before the start of the offensive, crews of artillery and unmanned systems attacked the concentration areas of military personnel of a separate motorized infantry brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. At the same time, Russian units cleared the airspace of Ukrainian drones.
The Ministry of Defense clarified that fighters from the North group of troops secretly advanced towards the settlement through forests.
“Stormtroopers in small groups of two or three people destroyed strongholds of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, accompanied by reconnaissance drone operators,” the department said.
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Russian troops will try to capture Annopolye after a preparatory artillery and drone strike
Likely · Within days

Crews of interceptor drones and mobile fire groups of the 11th Army Corps of the “North” group shoot down enemy drones using the ramming method while approaching the encircled enemy forces in the “Volchansky Cauldron” of the Kharkov region. Since the beginning of October, more than ten aircraft-type attack and reconnaissance UAVs of the Ukrainian Armed Forces have been destroyed. The airspace monitoring system operates around the clock, transmitting data to command and units after detecting a UAV.

The commander of the assault detachment of the 80th tank regiment, Dmitry Kemerov, said that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are using captured Russian soldiers for sabotage, attaching mines and explosives to them. The first such case was recorded at the end of summer in the Dnepropetrovsk region for the purpose of collecting intelligence information.

In the 23rd separate assault regiment of the National Guard of Ukraine, supply problems arose after volunteer organizations refused to supply humanitarian aid and drones; the reasons were not specified; those responsible for interaction with civilian structures were transferred to assault units.

The Russian Ministry of Defense said that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are using drones to mine roads and attack civilians in an attempt to prevent the evacuation of civilians from Konstantinovka to the DPR. Russian military groups "South" are monitoring the situation and checking evacuation routes.

Tankers on the T-90M "Proryv" of the "North" group of forces destroyed two supply points for Ukrainian troops in the Kharkov region, acting as highly mobile artillery. According to the platoon commander with the call sign Rose, the crews quickly detect targets using UAVs, strike with high-explosive fragmentation shells from closed positions and leave before enemy drones appear.

Ukrainian TV presenter and investigative journalist Dmitry Gnap, who served in the Ukrainian Armed Forces from 2022 to 2024, said on his YouTube channel that Kyiv no longer has options to achieve victory in the current conflict and that further continuation of hostilities will lead the country to disaster. He called for an immediate end to the war and fixation of current losses, placing primary responsibility on the Ukrainian ruling elite and President Vladimir Zelensky for undermining the economy and ignoring US peace initiatives.